District VII — Jewish Quarter

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is District VII — Jewish Quarter and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Andrássy Avenue & the Opera7 min walk615 m
• St Stephen's Basilica9 min walk772 m
• The Chain Bridge & the Danube17 min walk1.4 km
• The Hungarian Parliament21 min walk1.7 km
• Buda Castle & the hill21 min walk1.7 km
• Fisherman's Bastion & Matthias Church26 min walk2.2 km
• Heroes' Square & City Park28 min walk2.3 km
• Széchenyi Thermal Baths8 min taxi2.8 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 7.The ruin bars — Budapest's genius idea — bars thrown up in derelict courtyards and tenements, packed with mismatched furniture, fairy lights and a whole city out drinking cheap. Szimpla Kert started it; the whole Jewish quarter is full of them now. The night out.
• 8.Dohány Street Synagogue — The largest synagogue in Europe, a striking Moorish-revival building with a memorial garden and a moving Holocaust museum. The heart of the old Jewish quarter, and essential for understanding the district around it.
• 14.Goulash & Hungarian classics — Hearty and paprika-rich — a real bowl of gulyás (a soup, not a stew), chicken paprikás, chimney cake, and lángos from a market stall. Wash it down with a glass of Tokaji or a shot of pálinka; cheap, filling, and the taste of the place.